meruth
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« Reply #120 on: April 21, 2009, 08:22:30 AM » |
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interviewer: So, why is it that you don't have an accent?
me: Excuse me?
interviewer: I just figured with you being from Georgia that you would have an accent.
me: well, I can drawl with the best of them, but struggled to overcome that at an early age.
I did not get the job.
I often get the same question during interviews being from New Orleans, I generally answer along these lines: New Orleans is similar to Manhattan, in town accents are minimal, out of town everyone's got a drawl... I overcame what little accent I do have (although most people would say a lot of us sound like we're from Brooklyn) |
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gennimom
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Let's get summer over with! Me want snow!
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« Reply #121 on: April 21, 2009, 08:35:07 AM » |
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N'awlins has its own accent.
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...only after reading gm's post, my new mantra is "always listen to gennimom".
Monday reeks! - Garfield The outside of a horse is good for the inside of a person (or something like that). |
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« Reply #122 on: April 21, 2009, 11:18:39 AM » |
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interviewer: So, why is it that you don't have an accent?
me: Excuse me?
interviewer: I just figured with you being from Georgia that you would have an accent.
me: well, I can drawl with the best of them, but struggled to overcome that at an early age.
I did not get the job.
I often get the same question during interviews being from New Orleans, I generally answer along these lines: New Orleans is similar to Manhattan, in town accents are minimal, out of town everyone's got a drawl... I overcame what little accent I do have (although most people would say a lot of us sound like we're from Brooklyn) We visited a beautiful church in the Irish Channel. One of us asked the lady who showed us around (she didn't even work there, she just happened to be in the building and wanted to help us. Lovely!) how long she'd lived in New Orleans. She said all her life. Then she said, "You thought I was from New York, didn't you?" Apparently that's a common question tourists ask folks in her neighborhood. |
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Sending an army of orcs and nazgul your way RIGHT NOW. Don't take it personally.
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« Reply #123 on: April 21, 2009, 11:47:03 AM » |
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interviewer: So, why is it that you don't have an accent?
me: Excuse me?
interviewer: I just figured with you being from Georgia that you would have an accent.
me: well, I can drawl with the best of them, but struggled to overcome that at an early age.
Yeah I get that one sometimes too. Generally the " You haven't met expectations based on my assumptions. Please explain." comments are annoying. |
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sink74
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« Reply #124 on: April 21, 2009, 02:25:01 PM » |
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Generally the "You haven't met expectations based on my assumptions. Please explain." comments are annoying.
A personal favorite response of a former chair of mine was a paraphrase of the following. "You have thusfar behaved as if you are reasonable and intelligent, yet you disagree with me about this particular subject. Either I have not explained myself properly, or you are a jack ass. So which is it, jack ass?" Of course, actual conversations of this sort were executed without the implied articulation and civility. On the upside, department lunches were rarely boring. |
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dr_mcmom
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« Reply #125 on: May 20, 2009, 06:19:12 PM » |
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"Do you have a clean driving record?"
California, Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexio, Sure do! Nevada and Utah, nope. |
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cranefly
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« Reply #126 on: May 21, 2009, 11:12:46 AM » |
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"How do you define customer service?"
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Oh yeah--Professor Sparkle Pony. "Follow your dreams, young genius, and you will meet with success!" Students eat that up.
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svenc
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« Reply #127 on: May 21, 2009, 11:15:12 AM » |
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"How do you define customer service?"
As something that has no relevance to the job for which you are interviewing me! |
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In foris veritas.
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myrcbb
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« Reply #128 on: May 21, 2009, 11:52:42 AM » |
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Just yesterday in a second interview I was asked, "Tell me one thing about yourself that is not in your application materials but is something that you believe qualifies you for this job."
I fobbed off some goofy answer that I can't even remember now, but looking back, I should have just said that I included all information that I felt made me qualified --that I left out nothing.
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« Reply #129 on: May 21, 2009, 12:35:59 PM » |
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"If you could have lunch with anyone in the world, who would it be?"
I had this one. I answered: "Anyone who will pick up the check. Unless you hire me. Then it's you, of course." Much hilarity ensued. |
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wareagle
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I'll get you, my pretty! And your little dog, too!
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« Reply #130 on: May 22, 2009, 12:39:44 PM » |
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"If you could have lunch with anyone in the world, who would it be?"
I had this one. I answered: "Anyone who will pick up the check. Unless you hire me. Then it's you, of course." Much hilarity ensued. I think I answered "Jesus Christ". After all, they didn't limit me to those currently living. Probably wished they had - I got a lot of jaw-drops, but it was an honest answer to a semi-stupid question. Gee, maybe we should start a new thread. The fantasy lunch thread, or something. |
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Where's the Field of Poppies when you need it!??
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